Combined pole and harness



J. EMMEL. Combined Pole and Harness.

Na. 228,453. Patented June 8,1880.

UNHED STATns PATENT @rrrcn.

JOHN EMMEL, OF CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED POLE AND HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 228,453, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed October 7, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN EMMEL, of Granberry township, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Attaching Horses to Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs,formin g a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, the position of the horse being indicated by dotted lines and Fig. 3 is a detached view, showing the strap along the arms against which the horse presses.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in each.

My invention relates to devices for attaching horses to carriages, wagons, and other vehicles in double-driving, and has for its object the simplifying and cheapening of the harness now used, so that the hitching and unhitching may be easily and rapidly accomplished.

It consists in certain improvements in the construction of the tongue and harness hereinafter specifically set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and manner of use.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the tongue or pole, which is connected to the vehicle in any suitable manner. At the end of the tongue A are the arms or braces B, which are rigidly attached thereto, being either formed by dividing the end of the tongue and bending around or by attaching separate pieces thereto. The arms B are preferably curved to conform to the breast and shoulders of the horse, and are provided with extensions 1), running back in a line nearly parallel with the tongue, between which and the tongue the horse is held when driving. The tongue, with its rigid arms B, is supported by means of the neck-strap O, the ends of which pass through the metal loops 0 c on the arms, being secured therein by buckles. The neck-strap is held in proper place on the neck of the horse by means of the side strap, D, connected to the neck-strap and passing through the metal loop 0 on the end of the extension Z). The strap D serves to hold the neck-strap down around the shoulders or lower part of the neck and to prevent its rising when the strain of backing the vehicle comes on the neck of the horse, at which time the neck-strap will conform to the shape of the neck, and, taking a strong hold, will enable the horses to back the vehicle by means of the straps alone.

F is the belly-band, which is secured to the tongue at f, and, passing under the horse, is

attached to the end of the extension Z2,passing through the loop 0.

Across the inner surface of each arm B is secured the strap 8, (shown in Fig. 3,) against which the breast of the horse presses, said strap forming a soft and yielding surface, and giving slightly when the strain of starting the vehicle comes against the horses shoulders. The sides of the tongue and the extensions 1) are padded or cushioned, as shown at 19, and thus form a yielding face when the horse presses against them. If desired, the inner face of the arms B may be cushioned in the same way instead of using the straps s.

In hitching the horses the inner buckles, 2', of the neck-strap and the buckles of the bellybands are left unfastened and the horses are led to place. The neck straps O are then drawn over the horses neck, as shown in Fig. 2, and the buckles i are fastened. The bellybands F are secured around the belly, as shown, by means of the buckles. The reins are passed through the rings on the neckstraps, and the horses are hitched.

It is equally easy and simple to unhitch, which is accomplished by unfastening the buckles of the neck-straps and belly-bands.

In driving the breast and shoulders of the horses press against the arms or braces B, or the strap 8, supported thereby, and draw the vehicle along, the tongue and arms being held in proper place by the neck-straps G.

' NVhen the vehicle is to be backed the neckstraps serve to draw back the arms B, and with them the tongue and vehicle, the straps O conforming to and taking hold on the necks of the horses. The side straps, D,hold the neck-straps down around the lower part of the neck and prevent their rising, so that the strain of supporting the tongue and backing comes on the proper part of the neck.

It will thus be seen that by my improve- 5 ments I form an extremely simple and secure means of attaehin g the horses, and one which does away with much of the apparatus heretofore considered necessary, and thus greatly cheapens the harness used in double-driving. 10 What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the tongue A, arms B, rigidly attached thereto and provided with the extensions 7), the neck-straps 0, connected I5 to the loops 0 con the arms, and the belly- 

